Organization

The Source for Video & New Media

Artist

Kenneth Doren

Kenneth is a Canadian multi-media artist whose art installations, videos and digital operas have been presented in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Canada and the U.S.A. His first digital musical work “Allegro Molto Con Brio King Kong” (1999) focuses on pop culture connections to the Greek myth of Prometheus and incorporated a string quintet, three dancers and video monitors preformed live to sold out audiences. In the summer of 2000 the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art presented his second digital opera Your High Imperial for video projected singers, brass quintet, two violins as well as digitally manipulated sound. “Rule Britannia - A Low Opera in Grand Shite Style” incorporated two pianos and two video monitors that investigated the political power path from domination to decline and premiered in Calgary (September 2002).

His latest opuses (2005) restructures musical expectations: “Immortal Misbegotten” a reworking of Ludwig van Beethoven's famous six Op. 18 String Quartets condensed into one piece and “Pathetic Piano” a breakdown of Beethoven's Op. 13 PathÈtique Sonata into ten new audience interactive videos. Last summer (2006) he composed the music “Imperial Wild” for the Motion Ensemble for Sackville N.B.’s contemporary arts festival, as well as composed a new score for Michael Trent and Mocean Dance’s “Mappa Mundi” production in Halifax.